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p26 weekender april 29 1995 st kwstfsvsfc mksbffi bruins pay tribute to underwood by bruce stapley correspondent jason underwood the uxbridge bruins said goodbye to veteran captain jason underwood at their annual banquet last satur day night at the uxbridge legion hall under wood the stouffville resident who com pleted his seventh season with the central ontario junior c hockey league team this past feb ruary became the first player in bruins history to have his sweater number retired underwood was toasted by team officials before being presented with a soapstone eskimo carving and a bruins hockey stick by longtime team execu tive marion grey former bruins general manager chuck phillips joked about underwoods tenure with the bruins then paid tribute to the cen- tredefenceman the only one who has been here longer than me is jason he quipped i cant think of anyone who deserves an evening more than you do youre a class guy bruins coach trevor clarke recalled how under wood helped the bruins win eight of their last 10 games to make the playoffs in his rookie season in 198889 clarke who was a bruins player that year said underwood was instrumen tal in stretching the open ing round playoff series with the firstplace welling ton dukes to seven games that season underwood thanked phillips for first signing him to the team as a 14- yearold bantam in 1988 td like to thank chuck for giving me a chance to play i guess i liked it so much i never left he said underwood led the bru ins in total points in his sec ond season in 198990 and was fifth in 199293 he played rep level hockey in stouffville from the age of six through 14 playing on an atom team which won a district championship he was with the stouffville peewee team which won the quebec peewee tourna ment in 1986 and was on an omha finalist bantam team now that his junior career is finished underwood will try out for the scarborough major hockey league next season the bruins also handed out their annual awards at the banquet brandon pridham was given the hal murphy trophy as the teams most valuable play er the coachs trophy went to john liriano stu art vandergeest took the roy cordingly trophy for most gentlemanly player dan holmes was named most improved player matt muir was rookie of the year bruins general manager bruce colwell pointed to stouffvilles bid for an oha provincial junior a league team saying the bruins have indicated they would be interested in talking about a possible affiliation with the new team affiliation worked well for us this year said col well pointing to the teams working arrangement with the pickering panthers tier two junior a team this past season he said several junior teams have shown interest on young players developed by the bruins this season bruins president paul harris said it looked like there would be change in the future for the bruins and the central ontario league he said the league was considering an interlocking schedule with the eastern ontario junior c hockey league and that the 1994- 95 league champion bow- manville eagles would like ly be granted a junior a franchise for the 199697 the markham waxers temt10n heritage cohhwity so years of junior hockey waxer jr a tryouts may 7 may 8 430630 pm 445645 pm double rinks arena hwy 7 jane contact stephen spott head coach general manager 416 6181422 for details don bremner president 9054774359 ruff cuts 4726960 for your pet grooming needs ruff cuts is a local solu tion for your pets care needs owner laura lefler pic tured above specializes in grooming dogs but also pro vides brush outs and baths for felines ruff cuts is really like a hair salon for animals says laura with a smile they get their nails trimmed their ears cleaned theyre brushed and combed out given a bath as well as a hair cut laura pampers her furry clients and clearly enjoys her job i started grooming through a coop program in school and continued from there she says ive always loved animals and i treat all the ones i see as though they were my own laura has over seven years experience grooming and opened her ruff cuts location last november hours are flexible and presently shes offering a 15 per cent discount to new clients ruff cuts is located at 227 main st mkhm the goodwood public school senior boys wrestling team ruled the mats at the recent durham elementary wrestling championships in oshawa by win ning the gold medal team members include front row from far left dave schlorff dave williams chad norton corey weldori dan clublne gus nor ton josh maynard and mike caputosto top row far left ben wideman ryan maclver todd stiner brett jackson shawn maynard matt maclnnis and john rice pholosjoerd witteveen goodwood grapplers rule the squared circle the goodwood public school senior boys team fought their way to a goldmedal finish at the recent durham elementary wrestling championships in oshawa corey weldon 14 placed first in the 570kilogram weight class other goodwood wrestlers who brought home gold medals includ ed dave sclorff in the 842kg class and jeff swart at 421 kg other team members con tributed to the teams firstplace finish of 30 points in the 554kg class dan clu- bine placed second todd stiner earned a silver in the 350kg class as did matt maclnnis at 447 kg brad ballinger and jeff swart placed second in the 389 and 421- kg categories respectively in the 736kg class gus norton was second and dave williams third this was the senior boys first don valley north lexus toyota athlete of the week jennifer skinner jennifer skinner ruled the waves at this years markham aquatic clubs annual invitational swim meet the 10year old markham resident who swims for the markham aquatic club outscorcd all 385 competitors ranging in ages from 10 to 19 skinner swam her way to four gold medals three silvers and two bronze when shes not swimming skinner also takes to the ice where she performs for the markham jhunder minor atom selects hockey team don vauey north lexus toyota 3120 steeles ave e ast of h10 mmm act a a 404plcwyj 4750722 ever victory said coach chris fockler ryan maclver earned a bronze in the 447kg class goodwoods junior team also fared well at the meet finishing fourth overall silvers were picked up by eric reid in the 335kg clas and dan maclnnis at 349 kg grant crust earned the bronze in that weight class shawn maynard was third in the 354kg class and kyle martin third at 395 kg spartans set to play ballon wednesday as major league baseballs regu lar season gets under way its also beginning in stouffville the stouffville district secondary school boys fastball team has started practicing for the upcoming season which starts wednes day the spar tans will be hosting a tour nament on may 17 and will be attending the brad ford tournament on may 27 last year the season was can celled due to a teachers work-to- rule campaign but in past years the spartans have done extremely well and are the reigning champi ons of their league coach brian mcknight is opti mistic about this season and reports the team is in fine condition as the season approaches